Longitudinal Associations Between Physical Load and Chronic Low Back Pain in the General Population: The Doetinchem Cohort Study

Spine, 04/23/2012Van Oostrom SH et al.

Awkward postures were associated with chronic LBP in the general population. Exposure to awkward postures at 2 measurements with 5 years in between did increase the risk for incident chronic low back pain (LBP), but not for persistence of chronic LBP.